“Rafa is my coach; Alcaraz, my teammate” – Sebastian Yatra kicks off the Pan American Games and remembers his tennis career
SANTIAGO, Chile - Who had more influence on Sebastian Yatra 's short amateur tennis career, Rafael Nadal or Carlos Alcaraz? "Do you want me to lose a friend?" says the Colombian singer who in less than ten days lived two experiences
Tsitsipas and the “donkey’s patience”, the weapon to storm Roland Garros
BARCELONA - Stefanos Tsitsipas has found a new weapon to add victories on clay. It combines the teachings of the animal kingdom with a theological virtue, and is summed up with a Greek expression: donkey's patience. Donkey's? Yes, donkey's. It's not
Champion’s splash: Tommy Paul and the memory of the iconic Courier’s celebration
MELBOURNE - The city is in full swing. Offices are emptying and bars are filling up, trams are at capacity, and traffic is heavy but never stops flowing. Melbourne's rush hour can be felt from a privileged place. In the middle
Escape room and beerpong to keep chemistry going: United States crowned in the United Cup
SYDNEY - The North Americans keep laughing and cracking jokes at the press conference, with the cup glittering in the middle. "The champs are here," Frances Tiafoe repeats over and over. Jessica Pegula can't concentrate in front of the reporters amid
Taylor Fritz, Indian Wells’ defending champion: “The draw gets easier without Djokovic”
SYDNEY - "Djokovic not playing? I didn't know that." Taylor Fritz smiles when he is told that Novak Djokovic won't be able to play Indian Wells, the tournament the top-ranked U.S. player has to defend in March. "There is my
Mixed tennis love: the players want more United Cup
SYDNEY - Freshness, novelty and entertainment is what the United Cup is bringing. The mixed teams tennis competition, which fuses elements of its predecessors, has those who have tried it very happy. They love it. The last great memory of the
Frances Tiafoe, or when the lottery changes your life
NEW YORK - Frances Tiafoe tells it with a full smile. His thick accent and all the colloquial sayings he uses, makes even a native speaker struggle to fully understand him: " I felt like the world stopped. I couldn't